Remember the literature review is the foundation to build on. In the literature review you are
providing evidence that others have developed that ultimately lead you to a point where others
have not explored. You then, are “taking up that torch” and furthering the research others have
done in the general problem and taking new steps into this specific direction, hence the need for
your study. This is why your problem statement and purpose statement were so important to
have correctly stated. Each guide the reader to understand what the general problem is, directs
them to why you are doing your study and now the literature review will provide that better
understanding of the general problem and the applications of your study to fill the “gap” in the
currently available research.
Writing a literature review requires a range of skills to gather, sort, evaluate and summarize peer-
reviewed published data into a relevant and informative unbiased narrative. Digital access to
research papers, academic texts, review articles, reference databases and public data sets are all
sources of information that are available to enrich your review.
Students will discuss the search strategy and then conduct a review of the existing
literature about this topic and write the literature review in APA format. The background
will consist of minimum 10 pages in length using a minimum of 10 academic references